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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY

A Premier Research University

UC Berkeley is consistently rated among the top institutions in the world for the quality and breadth of its research enterprise, for the scholarly distinction of its faculty, for the excellence of its Ph.D. programs, and for the amount of funding received in support of its research programs.

UC Berkeley's core research community is made up of some 1,600 full time faculty, 10,000 graduate students, and approximately 1,400 post-doctoral fellows from throughout the world. In addition, many undergraduate students participate in cutting-edge research projects as part of their coursework.

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In 2009-10 the Berkeley campus received 745 million dollars in new research support from external sources.
UC Berkeley’s Moorea Biocode Project will create the first comprehensive inventory of all non-microbial life in a complex tropical ecosystem.
Rare Japanese manuscripts at UC Berkeley's C.V. Starr Library
Researchers at UC Berkeley pioneered a new technology that paves the way for a new affordable and highly effective anti-malaria drug.
Ancient Egyptian crocodile mummy from UC Berkeley's Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology undergoing CT scan.
UC Berkeley is an important national hub for research on potential biofuel crops, including the perennial grasses Miscanthus and switchgrass.

Berkeley Research Highlights

Energy and Climate Change

Leading the way on finding solutions to some of the most important global challenges, the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are pooling their vast expertise to help achieve an affordable, sustainable and clean supply of global energy.

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This summer UC Berkeley undergraduates are helping develop and deliver sustainable energy and climate solutions around the world. Read more about the Cal Energy Corps, a new student internship program.

Latest News

May 13, 2012
Electricity-generating viruses could lead to pocket power plants
Scientists at UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab have harnessed the electricity-generating capabilities of viruses, a development that could lead to pocket power plants for mobile devices.
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May 13, 2012
Microbe that can handle ionic liquids
Researchers at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have identified a tropical rainforest microbe that can endure relatively high concentrations of an ionic liquid used to dissolve cellulosic biomass for the production of advanced biofuels.
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May 8, 2012
Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow
A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento Riveron Wednesday in a field test organized by UC Berkeley engineers. The devices, equipped with GPS-enabled smartphones, demonstrated the next generation of water monitoring technology.
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May 7, 2012
A new accelerator to study steps on the path to fusion
Berkeley Lab’s NDCX-II, the recently completed second generation Neutralized Drift Compression Experiment, is a compact accelerator whose dense ion beam will be able to deliver a powerful punch for producing warm dense matter – a step on the road to heavy-ion nuclear fusion.
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Berkeley Research in Numbers

Berkeley ranks first among U.S. universities in the number of highly ranked graduate programs. In a report published in September 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) placed 48 out of 52 ranked UC Berkeley doctoral programs within the top 10 nationally. This compared to 46 of 52 programs for Harvard University, which came in second, and 40 of 59 programs for UCLA, in third place.

Among its current faculty are:

9 Nobel laureates
135 members of the National Academy of Sciences
87 members of the National Academy of Engineering
12 recipients of the National Medal of Science
225 Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Each year, the Berkeley campus receives well over one-half billion dollars in research support from external sources.

 

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